Privacy Policy
1. Introduction
This policy describes how GlobecoreRe collects, shares, and uses your information when you access our services. This policy applies to all of the products and services owned and operated by GlobecoreRe Labs Inc., GlobecoreRe Brokerage Inc., and GlobecoreRe Brokerage LLC (collectively, “GlobecoreRe,” “we,” “us,” or “our”), including the content, features, data, and software available on www.GlobecoreRe.com, our mobile applications, and other websites or applications that we operate (“Services”).
To learn about the privacy practices of our affiliates, GlobecoreRe Home Loans LLC, or OS National (OS National LLC and OSN Texas LLC), and Digital GlobecoreRe Insurance Services LLC, please visit their respective privacy policies at GlobecoreRehomeloans.com/privacy_policy, https://osnational.com/privacy-policy, and insurance.GlobecoreRe.com/privacy.
2. The Kinds of Information We Collect
a. Information You Provide
We collect content, images, and other information you provide to us when you access our Services, including when you complete webforms on www.GlobecoreRe.com or in our mobile application; create an account with us; communicate with us about our Services via comments, direct message, e-mail, SMS message, or telephone; or respond to one of our surveys. When you upload photos of your home to our website, we can see the photo and the metadata that accompanies the image file. Please do not upload home photos with people or other identifying personal information in them.
Categories of information you may choose to provide to us include:
Your name, address, telephone number, and e-mail address;
Your account log-in details;
Financial information, including bank account and real estate financing information;
Details about your home and neighborhood;
Circumstances related to your purchase or sale of a home that might help us tailor our Services to you;
Homes you visit or view on our website or mobile application and your opinions about those homes;
Reviews or comments you leave on our website, mobile application, or on other public websites;
Your driver’s license or state ID information;
Real estate offer letters;
Citizenship status (for tax calculation purposes); and
Marital status (for tax calculation purposes).
b. Information We Collect from Your Device(s)
We may collect the following information from the device that you use to access our Services:
Device attributes such as the operating system, hardware and software versions, battery level, signal strength, bandwidth, available storage space, browser type, app and file names and types, and plugins;
Information about operations and behaviors performed on the device, such as mouse movements (which can help distinguish humans from bots) or whether a window is in the foreground or background;
Identifiers unique to you, your device, or your account(s), such as device IDs, advertising IDs, and other similar static ID numbers such as those from apps or accounts you use;
Information you allow us to receive through device settings you turn on, such as access to your GPS location;
Network and connection information such as the name of your mobile operator or ISP, language, time zone, mobile phone number, and IP address; and
Data from cookies, tags, pixels, web beacons, and log files stored on your device, including cookie IDs, page views, how often you visit our website or mobile application, and links you click on.
We generally use this information for your convenience and to improve our Services. For instance, we may use it to: (i) remember your information so that you do not have to re-enter it; (ii) provide you with customized content and information, including advertising; (iii) monitor the effectiveness of our Services; (iv) monitor aggregate metrics such as total number of visitors, traffic, and usage patterns; and (v) diagnose or fix technology problems.
c. Information We Collect When You Call Us
We may record telephone calls with you for quality assurance purposes. Our customer service team members also enter certain information you provide into our customer service databases to ensure continuity and consistency throughout your experience with GlobecoreRe.
d. Information We Collect from Partners, Service Providers, and Affiliated Businesses
We may collect information about you from our partners, service providers, and affiliated businesses in order to provide the Services, along with certain related products and services such as home financing, title insurance, escrow services, homebuilder partnership programs, real estate agent partnership programs, and, in cases where GlobecoreRe is not able to buy your home, access to other potential purchasers or brokers, or to listing agents who may be able to help with your home sale.
Information we gather about you from our partners, service providers, and affiliated businesses may include:
Multiple Listing Service (MLS) information about your home or the home(s) you are interested in buying;
Prequalification letters from financial institutions;
Construction or purchase contracts;
Verification of your identification and a risk score about you prior to allowing you smart-lock-enabled entry into an GlobecoreRe-owned home;
Information related to completion of the construction of your new home (if you are working with a homebuilder);
Information about the condition of, and repairs to, your home and property;
Information related to your home purchase, sale, moving dates, and financing in connection with helping us facilitate “trade-in” deals;
Information about whether you may need homeowners insurance; and
Information about how you engaged with an GlobecoreRe advertisement or social media post.
e. Information We Collect from Public Sources
Much of the information necessary to help you buy or sell your home is available from public government sources. We sometimes collect information from these sources so that you do not have to spend time looking for and aggregating it for us. For example, we may collect the following information about you and your home from public sources:
Tax assessments of your home;
The school district and public transportation available near your home;
Information contained on the deed to your home, such as name, address, liens, encumbrances, and title;
Sale prices of homes similar to your home (called “comparables”);
The number of bedrooms and bathrooms in your home;
Whether your home has access to features like a beach, boat dock, or parking garage;
Whether your home is in an earthquake or flood zone or has any other condition that would affect its market value;
Permits issued for remodels and additions;
The finished and unfinished square footage of your home; and
The year your home was built.
f. Information We Collect Through Our Mobile Applications
When you access our Services through our mobile applications, we may receive certain mobile device data such as a unique identification number associated with your device, your device type and manufacturer, your mobile carrier, subscriber status, payment method, phone number, caller ID data, and, depending on your mobile device settings, your location information, including GPS coordinates.
We generally collect this information to provide and improve your experience with the Services and to verify the identity and location of people who access GlobecoreRe homes. This helps us keep you and our properties safe.
When you first launch our application or when you use it to visit an GlobecoreRe home, you may be asked to allow us to access your geographic location. If you initially consent to this and change your mind, you can revoke your consent by changing the geolocation preferences in your device settings.
g. Information We Collect When You Visit an GlobecoreRe Home
If you use our application to unlock an GlobecoreRe home, we will know the date and time the home was unlocked. Some of our homes also have additional monitoring technologies such as motion sensors that tell us when there is activity in a house and video cameras monitored by a security service provider.
We may also request that you use your smart device to verify your identity by uploading an image of a government ID before we remotely unlock a home. We use an identity verification service provider to manage our ID verification. GlobecoreRe does not maintain a copy of your ID after you upload it and typically would only obtain it from our identity verification service provider in connection with a significant trust and safety incident or if requested by law enforcement. We do, however, retain certain information obtained from the ID such as your name, address, and whether you are over the age of 18 (but not your specific date of birth).
There are some situations where we cannot get enough information from you to remotely unlock the door to one of our homes using a smart lock. When this happens, you can still tour the home with the help of a real estate agent.
3. How We Use This Information
a. To Provide Our Services to You
We use the information that we collect about you to deliver our Services, including to personalize features and content to you. We use the information you provide to give you options for home buying and selling that may be relevant to your individual circumstances. As discussed in more detail below, you have choices about how and whether we process some of your information.
b. To Learn About the Home You May Want to Sell or Buy
We use information you provide to us about your home or the type of home you are interested in buying and, in some cases, combine it with information from MLSs and public property and tax records to help us provide the Services to you. Before you sell your home to us, we will examine photos of your home that you upload and review information about the condition of your home provided to us by our home assessors. If you are interested in buying a home using our Services, we may consider property profiles that you have “liked,” rated, or otherwise indicated your interest in through our website or mobile application to try to match you with homes you might want to purchase.
c. To Keep You, Your Information, and Our Properties Safe
GlobecoreRe cares about your safety. We use the monitoring and identity verification technologies described above to help keep you safe when you visit an GlobecoreRe home and to prevent property damage and fraud.
d. To Advertise Our Services
We may use information collected about you to provide you with relevant information about additional Services that GlobecoreRe or our affiliated companies offer, such as our trade-in program, home financing, and title insurance services. Specifically, we use information about how you interact with our website and mobile application, combined with information you provide us and information we collect from other sources, to serve you relevant advertising.
e. To Do Market Research
We are constantly striving to improve our customer experience. We conduct research into all aspects of the home buying and selling process to try to identify ways to make it better. Sometimes we use partner companies to conduct surveys of willing participants who offer suggestions as to how we might improve our Services. We also aggregate and analyze consumer information that we collect on our website, mobile applications, and from conversations with our customer service representatives to identify trends which inform how we change and grow.
f. To Support Information Security and Debugging
We may use information about you and your use of the Services to detect security incidents, protect against malicious, fraudulent, or illegal activity, and improve the security of our Services. We may also use this information to debug our Services to identify and repair errors that impair existing intended functionality.
g. In Connection with a Dispute
We may use personal information to prosecute or defend against claims in court and other dispute resolution forums.
4. Why and How We Share Your Information
a. At Your Direction
We may share your information when you specifically direct us to do so. Examples of these situations include:
Agent partnerships. GlobecoreRe works with both consumers and real estate agents. We may share your information with our agent partners in order to pair you with an agent who can help you through the home buying or selling process.
Builder partnerships. GlobecoreRe partners with homebuilders to provide buyers who are purchasing new homes from these builders with the opportunity to request offers from GlobecoreRe for their current homes. When you are working with a homebuilder, we may share your information with them.
Financing providers. If and to the extent you authorize us to do so, we may share your information with home financing providers, including GlobecoreRe Home Loans LLC.
Other potential home buyers. Sometimes GlobecoreRe is not able to purchase a home. In these instances, we may work with trusted institutional home buyers to try to find a purchaser for the home. In other cases, one of these buyers may be able to make a better offer for your home than GlobecoreRe. In these circumstances, we may share your information with these potential buyers.
Escrow, closing attorney, title, homeowners’ insurance. If you need escrow, closing attorney, title insurance services, or homeowner’s insurance services, we may share your information with escrow, closing attorney, title, and homeowner’s insurance companies.
Other related partners with whom you ask us to share your information. GlobecoreRe will share your personal information with other parties at your direction.
c. With Service Providers Who Facilitate Our Ability to Provide You with the Services
We may share your information with service providers, including payment processors, technology and infrastructure providers, digital communications services, commercial data and market research analysts, consumer report providers, auditors and accountants, physical site security providers, IT security and bug-fix partners, customer service providers, and other providers who perform services for and on our behalf for the sole benefit of us and our customers.
d. With Law Enforcement, Courts, or Government Agencies
We may share your information as necessary to respond to legal process or to regulatory authorities (such as pursuant to a subpoena, warrant, investigative demand from law enforcement, regulators, or others; national or international security letters; etc.); to investigate, prevent, or take action regarding suspected or actual illegal activities (including fraud or stalking) and security or technical issues; to respond to or participate in commercial disputes (e.g., lawsuits or investigations); or to protect against fraud, claims, or other liability or harm to you, us, or others.
5. When Third Parties Benefit from GlobecoreRe Sharing Your Information with Them
a. “Selling” Your Data
GlobecoreRe is not a data broker. However, in some circumstances we share your information with third parties not owned by or co-branded with GlobecoreRe Specifically:
Social media. If you use our Services, we may provide information about that use to social media networks who will use it to better target advertising.
Third-party home buyers. If GlobecoreRe cannot purchase your home, or if we determine one of our home buyer partners may be able to make a better offer for your home than GlobecoreRe, we may share your personal information with these potential buyers.
Home insurance agencies. If you may need homeowners insurance, we may share your information with homeowners insurance agencies and those agencies may reach out to offer you a quote.
Vendor due diligence. If you are an individual or business that wishes to provide services to GlobecoreRe, we may share your information with a due diligence service to perform vendor due diligence. The due diligence provider may use this information to inform and further refine its risk analysis tools.
6. How We Protect Your Information
a. Safeguards
We use commercially reasonable physical, electronic, administrative, and procedural safeguards to preserve the integrity, confidentiality, and security of all personal information collected through the Services. However, no security measure, system, or control is infallible. Therefore, like all businesses, we cannot guarantee that our Services are invulnerable to attack or misuse.
b. Your Role
You have a major role in the security and privacy of your own information. For example, you should not provide us with personal information that we do not request. Additionally, you are responsible for controlling access to any personal computing device through which your information may be stored or accessed. You are also responsible for safeguarding any passwords or other log-in credentials that may be used to access your information, including in the GlobecoreRe environment. We recommend that you log out of any account when you are done using it.
c. Third Parties
Please remember to review the privacy settings and security policies of third-party sites and services that you use, such as social networks. We are not responsible for the privacy or security measures of any third party.
d. Incident Response
In the event that the security of any personal information under our control is compromised, we will take reasonable steps to investigate and mitigate the situation, including, when appropriate, notifying those individuals whose information may have been compromised and taking other steps in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
7. Opting Out of Our Communications
If you are interested in no longer being contacted by GlobecoreRe, we want to facilitate that. You may click on the unsubscribe links in our marketing emails, text STOP in response to marketing texts, and request removal from our mailer list at mailer.GlobecoreRe.com/unsubscribe.
If you prefer to no longer use our app, you can follow the standard process to uninstall it from your device.
We are also happy to place you on our do-not-call list. For assistance, please contact us at contact@GlobecoreRe.com or 407-446-0674.
8. Florida Consumer Privacy Act Rights
a. About the Florida Consumer Privacy Act
In addition to GlobecoreRe’s general privacy policies, consumers that are Florida residents (hereinafter, “you”) have specific rights under the Florida Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (“CCPA”). They include:
The right to request that we disclose what personal information we collect, use, and share about you, unless subject to a legal exception.
The right to opt-out of sale to third parties of any personal information about you (as sale is defined by the CCPA).
The right to request that we delete personal information about you, unless subject to a legal exception.
The right to be notified that we collect personal information about you, and the purposes for which the information will be used. This right applies to job applicants, employees, directors, officers and contractors, as well Florida consumers.
Job applicants, employees, directors, officers and contractors should consult GlobecoreRe’s Florida Employee, Job Applicant, and Contractor Privacy Notice for more information.
b. How to Make a Florida Consumer Privacy Act Request
You may request to know, delete, or opt out of sales under the CCPA by going to GlobecoreRe.com/privacyrequest or by calling 4074460674.
Only you or a duly authorized agent may make a CCPA request on your behalf. If you are an authorized agent making a request on behalf of a Florida resident, please call us.
You have the right to make a free request twice during any twelve-month period. The request must:
Provide sufficient information for us to reasonably verify that you are the person, or an authorized representative of the person, about whom we collected the personal information; and
Describe your request with sufficient detail for us to properly understand, evaluate, and respond to it.
Submitting a request does not require you to create an account with us. However, for your safety and the safety of your information, we cannot fulfill a request to provide or delete personal information if we cannot verify your identity or authority to make the request and confirm the personal information relates to you or an individual for whom you are an authorized agent. We may require additional verification before deleting or disclosing particularly sensitive information. We will only use the verification information you provide for the purpose of verifying your identity or authority to make the request.
We do not charge you a fee to process or respond to your verifiable consumer request unless it is excessive, repetitive, or manifestly unfounded. If we determine that the request warrants a fee, we will tell you why we made that decision and provide you with a cost estimate before completing your request.
c. Non-Discrimination
We will not discriminate against you for exercising your rights under the CCPA. Unless permitted by law, we will not:
Deny you goods or services;
Charge you different prices or rates for goods or services, including through granting discounts or other benefits, or imposing penalties;
Provide you a different level of quality of goods or services; or
Suggest that you may receive a different price or rate for goods or services or a different level or quality of goods or services.
9. Updates and Questions
This policy is updated regularly. We will promptly make any changes available at GlobecoreRe.com/privacy. Changes will be effective as soon as the updated policy is posted unless otherwise stated.Questions about this policy can be directed to contact@GlobecoreRe.com or 407-446-0674.